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COUNCIL UPDATED ON RESTRUCTURING, FUNDING DESIRES
Conference council delegates on July 7, 2018, heard updates, a desire for stable funding, and a possible change in missionary funding—and received Gospel Light Fellowship into membership.
HERALD PRESS LAUNCHES NEW MORE-WITH-LESS COOKBOOK
How do you update the holy grail of thrifty and thoughtful cooking?
MCC CANADA APPOINTS COBER BAUMAN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
After much prayer and discernment, the board of MCC Canada is pleased to welcome Rick Cober Bauman to the role of MCC Canada executive director, effective Oct. 10, 2017.
LIVING THE MESSAGE OF PEACE IN A CONFLICT ZONE
When armed men arrived at a Light of the Gospel church in the Donetsk region of Ukraine they searched the basement for weapons. There were no weapons; instead one of the men found a file with the names of people the church is assisting.
WORLD FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY CELEBRATED NOT IN ‘THE ABSENCE OF CHALLENGES,’ BUT WITH ASSURANCE OF VICTORY
Music from other cultures, Scripture readings on a common theme, shared food and special offerings characterize World Fellowship Sunday, a celebration of Anabaptist family in Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches around the world on Jan. 22, 2017.
MCC CANADA AGM DELEGATES GATHER UNDER THE ‘BIG TENT’
The staff and delegates who make up MCC Canada’s constituent boards gathered at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg from Sept. 23 to 24, 2016, for the MCC Canada annual general meeting.
MCC: REASONS TO HOPE THIS EASTER
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen” (Luke 24:5).
He is risen, indeed!
WITH MWC’S HELP, CHURCH IN TANZANIA IS BUILT FOR MISSION
Budget constraints prevent many church buildings in Tanzania from being completed. Mennonite World Conference’s Global Church Sharing Fund is helping to assure that a mission church in a predominantly Muslim area won’t be one that stands unfinished.
FAMILY THANKFUL FOR CHANGES SINCE COMING TO CANADA
When Maria and Heinrich immigrated to Canada with their seven children in June of 2011 they looked forward to working together with their children and earning enough to feed their family.
FRIESEN HIRED FOR ABBOTSFORD OFFICE
Abundance Canada, formerly Mennonite Foundation of Canada, has hired Brad Friesen as the new Gift Planning Consultant in our Abbotsford, BC, office.
DROUGHT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA CONTINUES TO BE SEVERE
The impact of the El Nino-related drought on people living in southern Africa continues to be severe. That is the message being shared by Barbara Macdonald, who directs International Programs for Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB).
EMC ARCHIVES GAINS FROM PARTNERSHIP WITH MHC
New happenings with older items! These are the benefits of the EMC’s partnership with the Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) in Winnipeg, Man.